Welcome to our little group. Take lots of photos and keep up with where they are located, LR is great for that. My web page has less than 100 shots from Nam, and still it gets the most hits. Just had someone who served with me in 1965 find me. Don't worry if your work isn't all that good, as my work from that time was really bad. It is about the times we live in more than the quality of the photo. And thank you for serving.Images for books, magazines and calendars | photosbypike

Here is one of my very poor shots from 1965. However, because someone here or on Dpreview looked at it, they contacted me and we have found that we served at the same time, and were one tent apart. When I joined the first Cav, it was at Ft. Benning, and was just forming up. They brought in 500 from the 82nd and 500 from the 101 as its core. As a result, we didn’t know each other all that well. While most of you Nam Vets flew over, we went by troop transport, taking a 30 day boat ride. While I served in the sister 1st Cav to the 7th Cav, the story about how we got there is the same. I didn’t realize why many of us who were short were sent, and felt we would be extended for the good of the service. I was only in country for 129 days. I was held up past my discharge date because of the battle detailed in Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway’s book, “We were soldiers once and young.” I was held up because we were Inf. Replacements if the battle went the wrong way, but they held, and I went back home.

Incredible experience Chuck & I'm honored that you shared it. :smile: But you know what they say - the longer you stick around, the smaller the world. I'll be retiring soon after 24yrs but what amazes me is that people I was stationed with in the 1990s are still around and now I'm stationed with them again! :smile:

Here is one of my very poor shots from 1965. However, because someone here or on Dpreview looked at it, they contacted me and we have found that we served at the same time, and were one tent apart. When I joined the first Cav, it was at Ft. Benning, and was just forming up. They brought in 500 from the 82nd and 500 from the 101 as its core. As a result, we didn’t know each other all that well. While most of you Nam Vets flew over, we went by troop transport, taking a 30 day boat ride. While I served in the sister 1st Cav to the 7th Cav, the story about how we got there is the same. I didn’t realize why many of us who were short were sent, and felt we would be extended for the good of the service. I was only in country for 129 days. I was held up past my discharge date because of the battle detailed in Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway’s book, “We were soldiers once and young.” I was held up because we were Inf. Replacements if the battle went the wrong way, but they held, and I went back home.

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